We have one last post to commemorate the maiden voyage of Dory2! The wonderful Francois at Safari Condo had arranged a few surprises for us that made us so happy. One of those was a photo album he put together with a little stuffed Dory. He had people in the Safari Condo factory take pictures of her through all the stages of construction. Then, at the end, they all posed with her. We were floored by this gesture. It meant so much to us and made this Alto pickup something very special.
So, we wanted to show our appreciation by documenting all the places Dory got to go this summer. This became a daily quest and she went everywhere with us.
As you can see, Dory had an amazing summer. Her message at the end says it all: “Thank you to everyone at Safari Condo! Thanks to all your hard work, look at all the places I went.”
First night with Dory in Dory 
Four Corners RV – Durango, Colorado 
East Fork Forest Service, Colorado 
Mesa Verde National Park, Colorado 
Dead Horse Point State Park, Utah 
Canyonlands National Park, Utah 
Goblin Valley Campground, Utah 
“This is gonna be good. I can tell.” 
Goblin Valley State Park, Utah 
Hanging out with the pack 
Capitol Reef National Park, Utah 
Interestingly shaped spire 
Capitol Reef – Fremont River Overlook 
Capitol Reef – Sunset Point 
Summit Highway 12, Utah – 9,606′ 
Powell View Point – Highway 12, Utah 
Escalante Petrified Forest, Utah 
Wide Hollow Reservoir, Utah 
Kodachrome State Park, Utah 
Butch Cassidy’s Childhood Home – Utah 
Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah 
Red Canyon, Utah 
Getting Ready for a Big Hike 
Cedar Breaks, Utah – with Ranger Darcy 
Bryce Canyon, Utah – Queen’s Garden 
Bryce Canyon, Utah – Navajo Loop Trail 
Coconino National Forest, Arizona 
Grand Canyon National Park, Arizona 
Grand Canyon – Cliff Springs Trail 
Grand Canyon – Mules on the Trail 
Walmart – Page, Arizona 
Hippie Emporium – Cottonwood, Arizona 
Sedona, Arizona 
Historic Route 66, Arizona 
Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona 
Altoistes Friends – Santa Fe, New Mexico 
Assisi Church – Taos, New Mexico 
Earthships – Taos, New Mexico 
Great Sand Dunes, Colorado 
Standin on the corner – Winslow, Arizona 
Highway 50 Construction – Colorado 
Oops. Got into a little trouble 
Gunnison River, Colorado 
Black Canyon of the Gunnison, Colorado 
Fixing up the overlooks 
Green River, Utah 
Helping out some visitors from France 
Fremont Indian State Park – Petroglyphs 
Angel’s Landing Trail – Zion, Utah 
Going for a bike ride! 
The Narrows – Zion, Utah 
Scout’s Overlook – Zion, Utah 
Kolob Reservoir, Utah 
Penny’s Diner – Barstow, California 
Calico Ghost Town, California 
“I feel like I’ve heard that somewhere…” 
San Luis Reservoir, California 
Interstate 5 and Aquaduct, California 
“Well hi there!” 
Made it HOME! 
Wow – what a trip! We leave next week for a 10 day trip and you just did 6.5 of those back to back to back to back to back to back and a half….. I would love to hear more about how you attach the aluminet to the top and back and if there is a special process you go through to put it up. If you make it back to Zion, do the Narrows if the water is clear, that was a highlight of a trip I took there several year ago. You made it a lot further up the trail of death (Angels Landing) than I did. I blame that on my 10 year old daughter, but if I am being honest, I need rails to feel comfortable when the drop off is death worthy. Thank you for sharing your journey with the rest of us!
The Narrows remains on the bucket list. Some day. As for the Aluminet, I sewed a strip of keder rope along the side of a 7×12 piece and slide it into the driver side keder rail. Then if we need shading on the roof, we pull it over the top and use guy lines on the corners. My next project is to sew a matching piece to that so that it’s like a 2 layer flap. I can then shade the refrigerator side AND the roof if needed. Or double layer for either one. The little piece is just hung on suction hooks and bugee secured at the bottom. And I totally get it about needing rails. Richard gets that even more.
Looks like I will be buying some Aluminet! You said the top piece is 7×12, do you happen to remember what size the smaller one is on the back, guessing 7×6 maybe? do you happen to remember the Keder Rail thickness by any chance? We did get the driver said keder rail, probably because you suggested it! 🙂
🙂 Yes, the small piece is 7×6. Keder rope was 5/16”. Driver side keder is very handy! 👍
Thanks – you are awesome!